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Recent Examples of fatherly
So, Jim puts on his fatherly cap, offering some wise advice.
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Reeves, in establishing his masculinity think tank, has spoken about the public dearth of fatherly life-guidance—a vacuum that such manosphere denizens as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, with their alarming blend of platitudes and misogyny, have come to fill for unmoored boys and men.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
The retiree doesn’t have children and has enjoyed this new fatherly role.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
For his part, Palumbo initially offers to take a fatherly interest in his now middle-aged godson, written at the behest of the investigators but with Palumbo’s own floridly literary touch.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Reeves, in establishing his masculinity think tank, has spoken about the public dearth of fatherly life-guidance—a vacuum that such manosphere denizens as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, with their alarming blend of platitudes and misogyny, have come to fill for unmoored boys and men.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
The retiree doesn’t have children and has enjoyed this new fatherly role.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
For his part, Palumbo initially offers to take a fatherly interest in his now middle-aged godson, written at the behest of the investigators but with Palumbo’s own floridly literary touch.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatherly
Adjective
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There are no saccharine bursts of motherly love to soften her portrayal — Button mostly remains a burden.—
Irina Dumitrescu,
The Dial,
27 Nov. 2024
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Carter has already brought about some all-time Beth Dutton scenes, with the audience seeing a different side to her with that motherly relationship.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Among his many inflammatory statements was this: 'Ukrainians are not a brotherly people.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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The brotherly duo were raised by their parents in Houston, but spent their summers at their grandfather’s farm in rural Texas.—
Emily Weaver,
Peoplemag,
21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Set in 1830, Miss Austen takes a literary mystery — Cassandra Austen (Hawes) notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters — and reimagines it as a heart-breaking story of sisterly love.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
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In an early duet, Aparna and Ashwini are models of sisterly complementarity.—
Brian Seibert,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Their love story adds a sentimental layer that, in competing for narrative space, dilutes this send-up of American imperialism.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Jan. 2025
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YouTube videos may offer sentimental types and younger curiosity seekers a means to luxuriate in the Old Way of Doing Things, but only a maniac would truly want to go back to that era.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Fatherly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatherly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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